Device for medicating cigarettes



Dec. 18, 1934. w. J. PERRY DEVICE FOR MEDICATING CIGARETTES Filed Oct. 16, 1935 lnvenlor Patented Dec. 18, 1934 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for medicating cigarettes, the general object of the invention being to provide simple means for spraying cigarettes with a medicated solution so that one can easily and quickly treat cigarettes with various kinds of medicated solutions, as he desires.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a top plan view with the cover removed.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional View through Figure 1.

In this drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a container which is preferably formed of glass or the like and which has its top open. The bottom of the receptacle is formed with a small recess 2 centrally arranged and with the major portion of the bottom sloping downwardly to the recess, as shown at 3. A member 4, also formed of glass or the like, is placed in the container 1 and has an outwardly extending flange 5 at its upper end which rests on a shoulder in the upper end of the receptacle 1 and this flange is adapted to be cemented to the shoulder and part of the receptacle to form an air-tight joint. This member 4 has a centrally arranged bore 6 therein which forms a cylinder and the lower end of this cylinder is closed by a plate 7 which carries a small hook-shaped tube 8, the hook part of which extends into the recess 2 and the other end of which is flush with the upper face of the plate '7, so that liquid or the like placed in the cylinder will flow into the tube and into the recess 2. The bottom of the member 4 is slightly spaced above the bottom of the receptacle 1 and an exteriorly threaded part 9 is formed on the upper portion of the part 4 and surrounds the upper end of the cylinder 6 and is adapted to receive a cap 11. A hollow piston rod 12 passes through a hole in the cap 11 with its upper end bent, as shown, to provide a handle and a piston 13 is connected to the lower end of the rod and has a washer thereon for tightly engaging the walls of the cylinder 6. A spring pressed valve 14 is arranged in the inner end of the rod and piston for closing the passage through the rod, said valve opening when the rod and piston are moved upwardly by the suction created in the lower part of the cylinder as the piston moves upwardly so that air can pass into the 5 space in the cylinder below the piston. A plurality of bores 15 is formed in the member 4 around the cylinder, as shown in Figure 2, for receiving the cigarettes, the lower end of each bore 15 being partly closed, as shown, so as to 10 When the device'is to be used, the cap 17 is removed as well as the cap 11 andthe hollow rod 20 12 of the piston. The solution to be used for medicating the cigarettes is then poured into the cylinder 6 and this solution will pass through the tube 8 and fill or partly fill the receptacle or recess 2. The cap 11 and the piston and rod 12 are then put back in place and the piston rod is pulled upwardly so that air will pass through the same and fill the cylinder 6 below the piston. The piston and rod 12 are then forced downwardly so as to force the air through the tube 8 and as the air escapes from the bent end of the tube 8, it will cause some of the liquid in the recess 2 to pass upwardly through the tube 16 and thus this liquid will be sprayed by the air passing from the tube 8 and this spray will reach the lower ends of the cigarettes placed in the bores 15 and thus the cigarettes will be impregnated with the medicated solution. Y

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention 40 will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims. 1

What is claimed is: l. A device of the class described comprising a container having a solution receiving chamber in its bottom, a member located in the container and having a plurality of vertically arranged bores for receiving cigarettes, the lower ends of the bores being in communication with the bottom of the container, a cylinder formed in the central part of said. member, a piston in said cylinder, a hollow i 1 the receptacle 1 and to cover the cigarette and the handle end of the hollow rod 12.

rod connected with the piston and extending outwardly from the upper end of the cylinder, an upwardly closing spring actuated check valve at the lower end of the hollow rod, a member closing the bottom of the cylinder, a pipe connected with the member and extending into the chamber and having its lower end bent upwardly to form a jet, and a tube surrounding the said end and positioned in the chamber.

2. A device of the class described comprising a container having a solution receiving chamber in its bottom and a shoulder in the upper portion thereof, a cylindrical member located in the container having a flange resting on the shoulder to support the member in the container so that the bottom of the member is disposed above the solution receiving chamber, said bottom of the member having openings leading into cigarette receiving compartments formed therein, and means incorporated in the member for forcing air into the solution receiving chamber for spraying the solution in the chamber upon the cigarettes through 10 said openings. I

WALTER J. PERRY. 

